Appleton Estate Rum Experience wins top tourism award
The Joy Spence Appleton Estate Rum Experience in St Elizabeth was named Jamaica’s National Organisational Champion. This award follows the reopening of the site seven months ago. The attraction had previously closed for nearly six months due to damage from a Category 5 hurricane. Extensive restoration work was required to bring the facility back to its original standard. The hurricane had devastated the area over a year ago.
WESTERN BUREAU: Barely seven months after reopening its doors following the devastation caused by Hurricane Melissa, the Joy Spence Appleton Estate Rum Experience, in St Elizabeth, has emerged as Jamaica’s National Organisational Champion. The prestigious recognition comes just over a year after the Category 5 hurricane battered St Elizabeth, forcing the world-renowned attraction to suspend operations for nearly six months while extensive restoration work was undertaken to return the facility to its premium standard.